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The Moon on Wednesday, July 13, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 63.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on July 13, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 13 July 2016404,212 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 13, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.8% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
404,212 km251,165 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 13, 2016 is on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 22:57 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:01 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 12, 201600:52
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 19, 201622:57

The Moon around July 13

More about this date

Wednesday, July 13, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 4, 2016 to the new moon of August 2, 2016, a cycle of 29.41 days.